"Numbers are everywhere, but the value of algebra is not that obvious. If you do something once, you will not need algebra. Algebra works best when you need to generalize your findings from a situation" (Usiskin, 1995).

The reasons why Algebra is important:
• One needs algebra as a requirement for the higher education acceptance.
• Without Algebra,
o you do not have the control of your own life but have to rely on others and that increases your chance of being fooled or decreases your chance of having a better life standard.
i.e., in gambling by knowing which game makes you earn more, in finance by earning more money, in stock market by analyzing the market.
o you may not learn much from more advanced disciplines such as Chemistry, Physics, etc.
• Algebra helps you share your knowledge with other people in an efficient way, and that includes teaching it.
• You save time with Algebra so that you do not waste your life solving the same problem over and over again in different occasions.
• Algebra helps you become an active producer rather than a passive consumer.
i.e. you can be the one who designs the formulae for others and make profit from it or the one who pays for it.
i.e. there are people who sell the spreadsheet templates they produced.
• You enjoy life by adding meaningful experiences to your life.
i.e. you can watch a track mill race by guessing the next world record.
• Maths helps you become more sensitive to details, thus become a better problem solver. Life is full of problems, and analytical thinking is best achieved by studying maths.
• Maths works as an entertainment for your soul, and an exercise for your brain.
• Algebra helps to generalize your solutions to math related problems.

Without algebra, you might not know the things you are missing.

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